The software below was provided on a CD with the PR804 Digital Ensemble. There are issues with installing the software on some newer versions of Windows. You can download the software at the bottom of this page. Read more about installing the software on our sister site KN7000.co.uk

Song Manager software

1: Upload and Download Songs Simply connect the PR804 to your PC with a single USB cable to transfer song data. It's that simple.

2: Upload Pictures Use pictures that you have taken with a digital still camera and saved onto your PC to make slide shows by uploading them to the PR804

Audio Recorder software

Record and play digital audio using your PC! Record your PR804 performance as WAV (16-bit, 44.1-kHz stereo) or compress the file as Windows Media Format, or MP3, depending on how you want to use it. For example, you could send compressed files as e-mail attachments or burn CD-R discs from high quality WAV files.

*Some audio files created using other applications cannot be opened by Audio Recorder. *Compressed digital audio data cannot be converted into WAV format or re-compressed into other formats.

Technics PR804 Video

I'm sure by now you've seen and heard a lot about the new KN7000 keyboard. But what about the new PR pianos? They certainly deserve more than just a passing mention. So, if pianos are more your thing, read on and find out just what Greg Philips thinks to them...It certainly looks different, was my immediate reaction when I first saw the new PR804 at the Frankfurt Musikmesse way back in March of 2002.

Using the key board at a gig. Connected to PA Amp ok during Sound check. Left on for several hours. When i went to play there was no sound through PA or when unplugged from PA through the keyboard in built amp. Switched off and an hour later when switched…

I have a SX PX73M that the piano speakers have stopped working. I can still get keyboard sounds through the headphones. My electronics guy was able to get keyboard sounds by bypassing the piano speakers to external speakers. He feels that the problem is s…

Hi Mangalvar,
Your post got in the piano section of the forums - so that may be why you do not have an answer. The transformer is well protected with fuses within the case. I connected my 120 volt Kn7000 to 240 volts in New Zealand and blew the…

Hi , The disks you are alking about need tobe used in Direct Play mode as explained in the User Manual page 17. This applies to the both type of disks you are trying to use.
Hope this sorts your problem
Regards John.

I have two types of floppys and neither play under the memory and control. One is a yamaha pianosoft for dom-30 which is supposedly compatible with pianodisk. (heard it playing on one) the others are song box for clavnova cvp. trying to play either sho…

Hello and glad you have your KN6000, unfortunately music rests are now becoming like moon dust to find. My local dealer was having a clean-out when the last member asked about a music rest for his KN7000. So I was able to put them intouch with other, I am…

Hi and welcome to the site, sorry to hear you are having problems. The first thing to check is what you have already done, the next thing to check is there any output from the output from the rear of the instrument,? I am not sure but the Headphone may w…

I am trying to repair a PX111 piano which exhibits the same symptom of 'not turning on'. Being somewhat technical, I have opened it up and the power supplies seem to be in order, the 15V circuits on the AMP boar…

Hi and welcome to the site, The screws you are after are listed in the parts list but sadly they do give the measurements for the screws you need. As I was a dealer back in the early 1990's I have assembled quite a few PR50 and if I remember correctly the…

Last month I had a "gig" with my Technics KN 2000 and they had some bad electricity there in that club (supposedly put a higher voltage to the circuit we used). My Technics is dead since then. I have found out - with a help of my friend - that its transfo…

Hi John,
Yes, it's been fine - spent all afternoon on it today and everything worked flawlessly and it's great to have some of my favourite Technics styles again whilst playing the Genos. I ll make sure, in future that stuff in storage keeps getting fe…

Hi John - again,
Found the engineers details and emailed him. However, I was thinking about my SM AC1200 problem and thought that if it has a capacitor, it may recharge if I leave it plugged in for a whole day.

Hi John,
Thanks John - will let you know if I don't find our local engineers details.
Didn't think there would be anyone else still using AC1200 these days but it is a brilliant little box with a big sound if used in the right way.
I can't help with th…

Hi Tony, Our so called friendly engineer Dave Tutt is a little far from you he lives in Chatham, Kent however he may know someone in your area if you can't find the details you have, come back to us. By the way I have a AC1200 connected to my KN7000 as I …

Hi Organgrinder,Technics do not use replaceable Batteries in most of the KN range which includes the SM-AC1200 They use what is called a Super Capacitor unfortunately we don't have a copy of the service manual for either the KN1200 or SM-AC1200. These com…

Hi there,
Can I ask if anyone has ever changed a back up battery in a SM AC1200 module?
Just got it out after quite a long time in storage and the screen won't light up and nothing works.
Just had the same problem with an old computer and that was the …

Dear Dave - thank you very much for the very informative reply. Now I just have to find an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area to do the work. Please keep me posted if you know of, or find, somebody.

Hi,
I've just got myself a SX PR600 which is great except the sustain pedal is not working on the pedal unit. The lead is pretty knocked about and chewed up and I think replacing it would fix the problem (the damper pedal is working, at least), but where…

Up until a few days ago, my 20-year-old SX-PX111-EF doesn't want to turn on anymore. Sometimes it does, but nothing works, just a few lights are on on the console. I'm not a technician who would know how to repair this. All mechanical parts are in pris…

from your picture the bottom heatsink is where the correct transistors live. The driver circuit for them is on the adjacent board plugged into the main board. This contains all the circuitry fore the class D output. I would suggest you look for some circu…

Thanks for the reply.
Their is no jack plug left in socket, I did what you said and plugged it into an amp, that works fine,so
As you said it must be the power amp and the transistors. On the board their are two heat sinks, one sink ha…

Unless its plain text I won't open stuff left here like that. There is no way that the muting is effecting this as they both come from the same point.
Have you left a 3.5mm to 6mm jack adaptor in the socket? If you havent then its either the socket itse…

Mute is fine if the headphones work as they are both derived from the same point in the circuit. If I remember correctly the speaker output on that piano is actually an early class D design with a pair of MOSFET output devices per channel. I can't remembe…

I have a Technics pr702 no sound from speakers only headphones, I was told the problem is in the main board, audio gate not opening at boot up
therefore mute/demute not working, is there anyone out there know of a board for this model or could possible r…

Hi,
I want to build a library manager for all my Technics KN2000 files. Does anyone have a description of the contents of the soundfiles etc. Or do I have to figure that out myself. The intention is to read the soundfiles with the ability to modify the p…

Hi, And welcome to the site. I may have some news for you. I am part of the Admin team and I have been talking to my engineer friend who has a prototype as these cables tend to get damaged either when the Piano is moved or stripped down for storage. I not…

I think you have a hardware failure there. I would also suggest that hitting the keys is just a coincidence rather than the cause of the problem. If it restarts then the 5 and 3.3v power lines are failing. Some of the button presses can be curr…

Hi, Welcome to the site, The SX-PR270 was never supplied with software drivers as this was the norm in 1992. In those days most people were using Atari's on PC's using Windows 3.1, The Midi systems in those days also did not fully comply with the General …

I have a Ensemble PR270. I want to connect it to a laptop running windows 10 via the midi interface. I have done so, but the keyboard is not responding, but the laptop is recognizing the midi interface. I suspect I need a driver that doesn't exist? Th…

Hi and welcome to the site, Firstly let's look at the drive in your PR902 are you getting anything happening or getting nothing at all? are you getting an error message in the screen if so what is the message and number?. This may point us in the right d…

Much as I would like to say there is an easy fix for this I somehow think that there may be an issue that needs the machine to be opened and investigated. With everything on the voice board and audio output working fine (display, demo etc all …

I am new to the site, and impressed with the range of contents and the helpful friendly comments on members' instruments and problems. We have a PR51 in church. It has occasional use, is kept covered and is in good condition. Very occasionally…

I don't know how, but the kids played with my Technics KN800 and now there is a weird setting I can't find how to fix.
I have scrupulously made the following resets, but the problem still persists : I have reset the settings accord…

To be quite honest, I'm not complete sure if I want to sell it. The main concern is the size/weight of the unit, and I haven't very much room in my office area to record. As an alternative, I've been …

Hi , the power cable you are after if often known by the name "Figure of Eight" connector cable, Any good electrical retailer should be able to supply, for a few dollars.Sorry to see you selling your Technics, will we be seeing you back here with more fan…

Sorry about the delay in commenting here.
If you want to try and fix this yourself then I can suggest at least a couple of things that might help you. I wouldn't advise anyone without the necessary skills in electronics to delve too f…

Hi Andrew Firstly we have reset the piano now as this has not solved the problem I will pass you onto our resident engineer. Where in the UK are you based ?. I will pass on you problem on to him and hopefully he can come up with a solution.
Regards John

Hello John,
Many thanks for your suggestion to try a reset first. I tried the reset but it made no difference. The PR350 is my Dads who is approaching 90 but still keeps active playing at home after 75 years of playing in jazz, dance and swing bands. I w…

Hi Andrew, First of all I would recommend doing a Factory Reset , unfortunately this will remove any settings you have adjusted to your personal likings.
This should remove any corruptions in the basic setup and put us on a level playing field. Then at l…

I would suggest you find someone with some mechanical skills to reassemble the pedals for you. The pedal itself is just an extension of the internal parts and as such you have two working pedals to copy so realistically it should be easy to put back toget…

Hi, I tried to contact you last night but the internet was down at home, however you are correct the pedal assembly does not have a standard connection this is because the unit has more than just switches behind the pedals. There are electronic circuits a…

So I went to Guitar Center and showed them the broken foot pedal, and in return I received a look of confusion that I imagine would match the one I would've seen if I had a mirror in front of me the moment I looked at the end of the cord that plugs into t…

My name is Major Coleman III, and I work for a company called Life Challenge Ministries. It's a non-profit company that helps people who deal with life-controlling addictions, and we do that as a Bible Institute that promotes t…

Lol, John, I knew I shouldn't have rescued the cat that is now one of the 3 pets we have at home... Two shih-tzu dogs and one long-haired cat equals trouble. I am joking, of course. I will, John, mention that to the tech guy, although I am doubtful…

Hi One thing to add for your Tech guy. I have found that if there are pet at home things like cat hairs can sometimes find their way under the silicone contact strip even dust in the wrong place can cause problems. the contacts are replaceable but I would…

Hi there, any idea for a solution for this: the C below middle C of my keyboard sounds very loud regardless of how gently I touch it. I reset the keyboard - no change. It is only ONE key - that middle C. Anyone experienced this? Thanks. Oh, and Merry Ch…

Hello,
I hope anyone of you can help me with my problem.
I own a PR307 and a couple of weeks since a couple of weeks the sound it makes is very distorted.
The Grand Piano sounds more like a distorted guitar. (but not only the grand piano, but all the s…

Other than the buzzy sounding bass on certain instruments, our Technics keyboard plays and sounds great. I will try and get to the speakers without damaging the unit. My concern was I would open a new can of wo…

I haven't seen one of these for some time! If I remember correctly the speakers are in two parts. There is a pair, left and right, under the top lid inside the main part of the piano and also a separate bass section in the box built into the stand frame. …

Hello - I just noticed our PR307 Technics keyboard has a distorted sound on very low notes. It appears to be even worse on certain instruments. I'm guessing the bass speaker is going out and wondered if anyone has any advice on a replacement speaker for i…

About 20 yrs old. Bought in Malaysia, moved to Australia, then to US. Now there is a buzz whenever a key is played. No clear sound; very disconcerting to try to play with a background buzz. No buzz or sound unless a key is depressed. Local music "stores" …

Sorry in the delay in getting back to you. If you haven't managed to sort this already I am only too happy to see what I can do if you care to remove it and post it over to me. I found a few similar boards in my scrap box so I might even have someth…

Hello! Please help. Preobrela usb midi cable to connect to Aliekspress Technics kn20000, when connected to a computer driver is installed automatically. The issue is that you need for the program, or something else?

Thank you very much for your reply and offer to help. I do have the broken-off piece of the board and the socket and mount for the power cord. Please let me know what you need me to do — feel free to contact me via PM if you'd like.

Sorry but there are not going to be any spares except second hand ones for any Technics keyboards of any size shape or form. As I remember it Technics stopped manufacturing some 12 years ago and as you no doubt appreciate, all consumer equipme…

The power cord was left plugged into my wife's piano during our last move. It must have gotten hit where the cord plugs into the instrument because the socket was dislocated and the power board itself was broken. Does anyone have any idea where I can get …

Hi John, Thank you for your contribution, It is comment like your own that help others and help Mike and I to build up more knowledge to help more members.
The active participation of fellow members is what it is all about,I know the site is relatively y…

My fix was a broken solder joint on the headphone jack circuit board. My headphones get used a lot and even thought the headphones were removed the broken joint made the piano believe that they were still in. Once the joint was re-soldered everyth…

Hi and welcome to the site, I have looked into the power supply for your mother's PR51 you say the power supply is 110 volt. I take it the instrument has not been imported from another country where the voltage is higher.. Things being equal your instru…

My mother in law lost her power supply for her Technics SX-PR51 and has tried for months to find a place she can buy a replacement. She asked me to help so I am posting here to see if anyone knows where I can find a power supply, or where I can find a re…

I purchased the manual a few months ago but my grandson had "hidden" it!
Now found it.
I have now managed to clear the problem - not quite sure how as I could not find a Sound Module menu option but I did find a Reset one.

Now this is really pushing my memory to it's limit back to 1989 ish. but here goes :- Press Memory and Control, go through the menus till you come to "Sound Module Mode this has a number of options which will include "off" set it to Off and exit the menus…

Hi , Don't panic if I remember from my days as a Technics dealer what you have done is set the Keyboard into the MIDI Sound Module setting, this sets your Keyboard to become an external sound module which you can control from a digital piano for instance.…

I have a Technics SX PR 902 that recently stop getting any sound from the speakers. Sound will work with the head phone but that is it. I looked for any obstructions in the headphone jack but did not see anything. I also unplugged the connector from the h…

Thanks for the info. The disk player works, but only on 1 of the disks. The others may not be compatible with my drive. I would like to upgrade, and the midi route seems the best. I am not familiar with MIDI, can you suggest a model that will work wit…

Just purchased an SX-PR1 with a SY-FD3 floppy. I can only play one disk (a recording or copy). Sample disk and other disks I get an "ERR" message. HELP. Also, is it worth it to upgrade, if so, what do you recomend?

Did your Gotek emulator come with a special interface cable/connector, or does it use the cable that is used with the floppy drive? I have a KN1500 and I know the floppy is getting really old. I would very much like to replace it with either a USB drive o…

Most of these usb emulators don't work with 720k drive interfaces as these are very different to the 1.44 ones. If your keyboard has a standard 1.44mb floppy interface then there is no reason why you can't fit a standard floppy drive or a usb interface ho…

Sorry for the late reply, Having two small kids in the house keeps us very busy! The emulator I have is made by Gotek. It has a 3 digit display,and from what I researched can read up to 1.000 disk blocks.
Well, in my research I foun…

Hi welcome to the site, you say you have a USB emulator fitted to the KN1500, Firstly I need to know what make of emulator you have also many come with their own pre-formatted usb stck also they usually supply PC software to transfer files to the stick,th…

I recently added a USB floppy drive emulator to the Technics KN1500 Keyboard and I bought with it a usb thumb drive containing additional styles. I have about a dozen floppy disks with styles that I want to copy to the USB thumb drive, but I …

Thanks Rob, I have gone the same way, MIDI through a USB connector.
Download works great though I don't get any entries back into my Cakewalk suite. MIDI monitor shows the midi input signal.
Probably a Windows 10 issue, I'll keep on going until I crack …

I bought one of these cables when I purchased my PR902CR in 2001. The Technics accessory cable is a Matsushita (Matshita Panasonic) SZ-JJAT1. It has a male din connector on the instrument end and a female serial connector on the PC end. It …

You'll find it almost impossible to get the correct cable for the PC connection these days. If we knew the connectors and wired connections we would get some made - i.e. if we could get hold of one - however, there is very little benefit to h…

Hi, I'm new to the site and forums,
I have a wonderful PR902cr in pristine condition and working well. Have sorted midi connections using a Yamaha USB to Midi interface coupled onto my laptop running Windows 10 and cakewalk software.

I have managed to find a replacement motherboard for my PX103. My technician is telling me we need a special tool to remove the Tonegenerator. Is that really so, and if it is, where might we find this tool please?. I am in the Philippines which doesn't r…

Hello all, if I convert to an emulator how do I play my music created and saved on flopys. I have 6 flopys with music I have created on my WSA1?
I purchased my first WSA1 from a shop in London brand new for £800 pounds. 7 years down the road I sold it f…

So I just swapped out my 3.5" floppy for a USB flash drive floppy emulator in my Technics KN6500. Was pretty straight forward and I did a video posted to YouTube. You can check it out at : https://youtu.be/A_MYHvUuFjk

If you have a problem with your PC reading the USB, try the following
1 Format the usb on the PC
2 Format the usb on the keyboard
3 switch the power off on the keyboard
4 Hold the two buttons down on the Emulator and whilst doing so switch the…

Hi I think the Technics format is diffrent from a PC. I put a flopy disk in my PC from my Technics WSA1, I found the PC cant read Technics format so if the stick you are useing on your Technics is formated on a PC Technics keys wont understand the format…

Hi, The disk drive you need to find is called a "SY-FD20" these are like gold dust to find, however the answer may well to fit a emulator,. and use a USB stick to replace using disks.I know from my knowledge of the music trade here in the UK at the time o…

I have a KN1000 that does not have a disc drive. However , if I remove the existing cover and screws can an ordinary floppy disc drive from an old computer fit in and will it work automatically or does the keyboard need internal modifications ?
Thanks.

Hi Rich, sorry for the delay in replying but I have only had a reply from Nigel @ Greenhill's today but he does have the correct part in stock for the PX30,
His Email address is "www.wdgreenhill.com"
Hope this helps regards John.

Thanks for that John.....................i have tried DD disks and head cleaner with the same result.
Great to here that someone is actually working on the problem too !...........good luck with that.......i will be very interested to see what you come u…

Hi, I remember back in the day I was a Technics Dealer the PR270 came with the disk drive fitted although this is based on the SY FD20 unit as fitted to a number of units, organs, keyboards etc. this was fitted when the Drive was an option. This does caus…

I recently aquired an old PR 270, everything works fine .....except for the floppy drive.......looks like a common problem with these.
i have tried everything i can think of to do with the drive but it always comes up with :-......error/no disk.
The use…

I guess you are using Floppy Emulator instead of floppy drive, if I guess true, you should consider that KN1000 is working with FD20 floppy and 720 KByte format wherever most of the emulators work with 1.44 Mbyte format.Maybe you use not the proper one. F…

Thanks for you reply,
I took a quick look to that site, my first impression is wauw!.
But first I have to solve mij problem with de USB floppydisk writer.,
My keyboard dont read the floppy's I write with the USB diskwriter.
But de flopp…

Hi Simon,
There are a powerful software that can convert styles from one keyboard to another one. The name of software is Style works XT universal.
For example you can convert KN 5000 styles to KN1000. Even you can do the same from another brands like K…

Hi Rich,
Still on the case, I have checked the KN keyboards I have here,they all use 20K ohm mono sliders as controller for the op-amps. but size wise the are close match to the alps unit, also the PX103 uses a 5000ohm that looks as if it w…

Hi Rich, can you supply me with the Alps part number you have and if accessible the size of the fader , ie:- dimensions of the soldered pin connections, spacing width and length. I have been able to sort out the codes of some of the Alps components befor…

I was rather 'hoping' that the slider would be a fairly standard component as it wouldn't make much sense for Technics to design a special piece for what was a relatively small production run. Discovering the ac…

. The emulators I have used on 4 of my instruments have just been the cheap ones off ebay from China, in each case just plugged that multi pin plug in, formatted it and away it went...Suggest you make a post on Synthzone, there are a couple of electronic …

I have purchased a GOTEK SFRM72-FU-DL floppy emulator for my Technics KN1000. On removing the original floppy drive module from the keyboard there is no power cable connection between the Technics interface board and the floppy drive - There is just a s…

Thank you for your post.
I have no knowledge of the problem you mention.
I currently have a KN2400 also a Yamaha CVP 209 that I have fitted these emulators, One of my son's also has one fitted to his 2400, all with no problem. You have to use a blank US…

I brought one of these USB Emulators, for my Technics 6500, took out the floppy drive and then noticed a post on another website that showed a switch being fitted or the emulator will show an error when loading. This put me off installing the emulator.

Hi everybody, Just a point regarding Windows 10,I have a number of music programs,and a lot of their forums are saying there are issues with Win 10 it seems the general view at the moment the a lot of tried and tested music sequencer/music recording progr…

I am posting this ebay item number for an Emulator which plugs in in place of the floppy drive on Keyboards and pianos. I have installed them on both Yamaha and Technics and they work fine. Cost $A25 delivere…

I've removed your email address to protect your privacy, because otherwise you'll receive lots of spam emails. You should receive replies to this forum post in your email anyway and if someone can help you then you can send private messages fro…

The main board on my KN7000 is not repairable, so before sending off to the rubbish tip...........never know might find a damaged keyboard somewhere
I am in Australia
(email address removed for your protection)
Regards
Jim

The short answer is no there has not been anyone who has tried this because of cost. I did contact tutt - technology a very helpful guy who underlined that the cost of tailoring an adapter to suit would be more costly than getting another s/hand unit fr…

I know it's not a keyboard question but I have always used a cassette player to record audio from my organ when mixed with the accompaniment from another instrument such as the KN7000.
I mistakenly bought a Technics twin deck cassette RS X911 unit not re…

This is bufalo I've been thinking about updating the OS of my KN6000 to a version 7.1 but I don't know if is worth it, I would like to know the advantages and disadvantages. So can anybody please give me some feedback about it? I would re…

Hi all, new to this site! I have two Technics keyboards a PR602 and a PR902C. The PR902C recently packed up. When powering on, a few seconds later there is a loud buzz from the speakers but no sound from keys. Some buttons work i.e. the Demo button shows …

Hello Technics world, I have recently purchased a KN2000 from a guy and at the time of purchased i of course played with it to test it out and make sure that everything was functioning correct. So everything was working fine minus two keys and went ahead …

My question was , How to load a style in the KN920 , and are the style`s from Yamaha the same as technics ?
what extention has a technics style
and did`t you know that a style file from yamaha is a midi file ?
if you rename a Music.sty i…

Hello all I am also in the possession of a KN920, and would like to also load styles in the keyboard, but don't get it for each other.
I want to make, but also styles itself with what program needs this.
You can also help me?.

OK, I followed the process from page 93 (load single composer) and ask file 9.
But after step 6, when I press the "Sync & break" button, I get the message "WRONG DISK" ...
What is my (new) problem?
Help!
Sincerely,
Michel

Regarding the response 1, the problem may be due to the fact that I tried with Y2 styles : unlike Y1 styles, it is not clear that they can adapt to 920 KN ...
I will try again but with Y1 styles.
On the other hand, I did not put the styles in a d…

I am a beginner musician: I apologize in advance for the bad translation of my problem with Google translation: I hope this is clear!
I bought a few years ago (several years ...) keyboard Technics KN920.
I found this site and wish to take advanta…

I have added the promised feature so you can edit programs/banks directly from your keyboard (if you select your keyboard as active midi input device) and can save the modified/patched midi files.
The output is standard midi file so any players can use t…

Hi !
I think I could help solving the problem of Computergenius. Mike and I have already talked about saving re-patched midi files within Midi Player.
There is a beta version with this feature partly implemented. In this version you can freely modify t…

I should have started this a bit earlier. I haven't had time to search out any floppy disks yet - and last night, all 24 memories, which had my song settings preset, were all showing the same rhythm and tempo (:-<

In OMB it's easy to program the buttons for the sounds you want to program, just refer to the reference guide. So you can have a button that sets up your right 1, right 2, left and rhythm plus any effects easily enough.

Well. Ok, I have plenty of suggestions for you but the first thing I would do if I were you is invest in a floppy disk! My goodness, how cheap are they? You should also consider getting a USB Floppy Drive, without those …

I have a technics pr370. about a year ago when I turned it on, something popped and now it makes unending strange sounds...I have had two men come take a look--one couldn't figure it out. we did try to initialize but it did not work. troubleshooting done …

Hi. I own a Technics KN1000 keyboard and wondered which USB-MIDI cable was best to allow me to connect the keyboard to my PC so as to be able to use it for composition and playback with Sibelius 7 software. Help appreciated. Thank you.

My keyboard is a KN 6000 when I entered the customize menu and hit the button display time out or midi setting load option, the keyboard turns off and restarts. I can you say that I can do, or if instead the keyb…

Hi. This is my first post to the forum after joining with Mike's help. I am not a keyboard player, but, for want of a better word, a music coordinator for a church and we have a Technics SX-PR54 keyboard in one of our churches. This model has no lasting…